Ten days after the Fourth of July, France will celebrate its own national holiday, called Bastille Day, or Fête nationale française. Why is the storming of the Bastille celebrated more than 230 years later? Let’s find out!
The Fourth of July commemorates colonial America’s declared independence from Great Britain. But, do you know how the Independence Day came to be a national holiday, and why it is held on July 4th?
German philosopher and socialist Karl Marx had a profound impact on history, sociology, politics, and economics. His ideas and his writings, particularly The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital, would inspire revolutions throughout the 20th century.
Today, all eligible members of the LGBTQ+ community are allowed to serve in America’s military. However, it hasn’t always been that way. The treatment of queer people in the armed forces has a fraught history.
HeinOnline’s newest databases bring together, for the first time ever, the most comprehensive collection of rare nominative reports available online from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States. Available individually or as a package.
Over the past two months, we have added more than 700 new articles to the Law Journal Library with updates to 188 existing journals and three new active serials.
On May 19, 1536, the citizens of London gathered around a scaffold at the Tower of London, where the swift chop of a sword brought an end to the life of Anne Boleyn, the second of King Henry VIII’s six wives. Her crime? Failure to bear a son.
Oh, the Furby. Kind of cute, kind of weird. Occasionally highly annoying. Also, a spy? At least, the National Security Administration thought so.
Before 1970, most Americans weren’t aware that anything was wrong with the environment. That all changed in 1970, when activists across the country came together for Earth Day, which became the largest one-day protest in all of world history.
In honor of National Library Week, we’re spotlighting five law firm librarians who shared with us how they got where they are today and why they love their jobs!
